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' (ModeL) M. MARCUS.

GARMENT SUPPORTBR.

Patented Feb. 14,18 82.

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jfiama 272M Ml Mfl m 15 row wedge-shaped opening.

I the supporter and its strap or elastic.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MoRRIs MARCUS, on NEW YORK, 1v. Y.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 253,615, dated. February 14, 1882,

Application filed December 19, 1881. (ModeL) 5 the following is a specification.

Stocking-supporters have been made of a plate ofmetal having an openingtherein which terminates at one end with a cross-bar, to which is attached a strap or elastic for suspending the supporter, and at the otherencl the opening is narrow, terminating in the shape of a wedge. The garment is drawn into or partially through this opening, and the pull upon the stocking causes the fabric to pack tightly into the nar- In use, however, it is discovered that the portion of the fabric coming into the narrowest part of the opening is the most tightly held, and consequently it is liable to take an undue strain and become injured or out against the edges of the metal 2 injury to the stocking or other garment.

In the drawings, Figure l is an elevation of Fig. 2 is a view edgewise of the said supporter, and Fig. 3 is the metal plate forming the supporter 0 in larger size.

5 then spreads out into two branches, 0 e, that are at the edges of a convex finger, i, so that the fabric which is drawn into the opening 0 passes down and is held at the nip d; but such fabric, when strained, will draw through the one part only, and the ends of the slots being wider than the nip portions, the fabric will pack in the wider end portions, and hence the hold will be upon a larger amount of the material than iii the supporters heretofore constructed.

I am aware that a garment-supporter has been made with one or more tongues with sharp penetratingpoints. These are liable to injure the fabric, because the strain comes principally where the tongue penetrates the material. My improvement is for dispensing with penetrating-points or sharp-ended openings that injure the fabric.

[claim as my invention The garment-supporter composed of a plate with a main opening and two branch slots that pass at the edges of a round-ended finger, t, the ends of the slots being the widest, and there being three narrow places to nip and hold the fabric, substantially as set forth.

Signed by me this 15th day of December, A. D. 1881.

MORRIS MARCUS. Witnesses:

GEO. T. PINCKNEY, CHAS. H. SMITH. 

